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UNINA9910778833203321 |
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Wickman Patricia R (Patricia Riles) |
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Titolo |
The tree that bends [[electronic resource] ] : discourse, power, and the survival of the Maskókî people / / Patricia Riles Wickman |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1999 |
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ISBN |
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0-8173-8384-0 |
0-585-14113-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (317 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Creek Indians - History |
Creek philosophy |
Creek Indians - Social life and customs |
Florida History Spanish colony, 1784-1821 |
Spain Colonies America Administration |
Spain Foreign relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-290) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: A People Obscured by Their Past; Part I: The Maskokálgî; 2. The Four-Cornered Circle; 3. The Tree That Bends; 4. Geography, Society, and Continuity; 5. Power and Gender; Part II: Enter the Spaniards; 6. The Entrada Model in the Southeast, 1510-1565; 7. El Sombrero de Tres Picos; 8. Fear as the Forerunner of Faith; 9. Children of Self-Interest; 10. Conclusions: The Past as Prelude; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Patricia Riles Wickman offers a new paradigm for the interpretation of southeastern Native American and Spanish colonial history and a new way to view the development of the United States. In her compelling and controversial arguments, Wickman rejects the myths that erase Native Americans from Florida through the agency of Spaniards and diseases and make the area an empty frontier awaiting American expansion. Through research on both sides of the Atlantic and extensive oral history interviews among the Seminoles of Florida and |
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